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8th February 2010, 09:58 PM
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sorry to disturb the dead.
I do not really want to wake the dead but just have to post this link.
http://www.britishmuseum.org/researc...<br /> arch_o Perhaps this link will work? http://www.britishmuseum.org/join_in...s.aspx?asset_i |
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9th February 2010, 04:32 AM
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SEEING AS HOW IT LIVES AGAIN I WILL ADD SOME PICTURES.
 1. SAWFISH SCULPTURE MADE WITH REAL SAWFISH BILL BY YOUNG DR. SUESS HIMSELF IN THE 1930'S 2. BROADBILL SWORDFISH SWORD AND TWO FIDS MADE FROM MARLIN BILLS (MARLIN SPIKE) ECT. 3. AFRICAN MADE EXAMPLE 1946, CUT OUT HANDLE. 4. SAWFISH SWORD WITH INTERESTING HANDLE 5. SAWFISH SWORD 6. CLOSE UP OF VERY OLD BROADBILL SWORDFISH SHOWING PATINA. I HAVE A NICE EXAMPLE FROM NEW GUINEA BUT THE CAMERAS ARE DOWN SO I CAN'T ADD PIC'S NOW. LAST YEAR I WAS LOOKING AT A LARGE COLLECTION OF INDIAN ARTEFACTS AND FOSSILS FROM OKLAHOMA. THE FELLOW HAD SOMETHING HE SAID WAS ONE HALF OF A BOW FOUND NEAR OKLAHOMA CITY. IT WAS A BROADBILL SWORDFISH BILL AND A VERY OLD ONE CERTIANLY PRECOLUMBIAN. SO NATIVE AMERICANS BROUGHT ONE FROM THE OCEAN TO OKLAHOMA IN PREHISTORIC TIMES. WEAPON OR CEREMONIAL OBJECT WE WILL NEVER KNOW. Last edited by VANDOO; 9th February 2010 at 04:44 AM. |
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25th August 2010, 01:16 AM
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Found this photo of a drunk man wielding what appears to be a sawfish sword...
 might be during a festival with self-hurting rituals and stuff... "don't try this at home" 
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25th August 2010, 02:52 AM
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How can we say whether his intoxication is chemical and not spiritual ?
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25th August 2010, 03:50 PM
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If that's how one repels demons with a sawfish bill, all I can say is that I hope it was worth it for him.
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18th November 2012, 10:42 AM
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I think this is worth showing here as well as the European section. German renaissance parade sword.
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21st November 2012, 03:15 PM
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Quote:
Salaams Tim Simmons ~ I found an obscure reference book but it is in German "ASMAT MYTHOS UND KUNST" (Berlin Museum) ISBN 3-88609-381-6. This appears to be a masterworks of all things ethnographic in the region Asmat (PNG) I will endeavor to add pictures to your various excellent threads on the areas weapons and quoting this fine reference. It is full of shields bows and spears... etc etc with superb photographs. Regards, Ibrahiim al Balooshi. Note; Picture of swordfish and extracts in German. |
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